Technical Essays
Detailed explorations of engineering systems, retrospective post-mortems, and technical experiments.
All Essays
What I Wish I Knew About Solana Data Infrastructure Before Joining a Crypto Trading Startup
Coming from traditional data infrastructure (Databricks, Snowflake, ClickHouse) to a Solana-based trading platform — the mental model shifts that took me the longest to internalize.
From Minutes to 30ms: Redesigning a Real-Time Trading Data Pipeline
A post-mortem on the architectural decisions that dropped query latency by 99% on a crypto trading platform processing 400+ trades per second.
How I Auto-Log Every Claude Code Session to Track My Own Learning
Building a self-logging system with Claude Code hooks, git-based session capture, and weekly digest generation — so I never lose context between sessions.
Post-Mortem: Chief of Staff
Why I abandoned my productivity tool to build a better system for technical growth.